1.0Mindfulness Mattershttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmattersDr. Arnie Kozakhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/author/akozakCitizen of the Cosmos - Mindfulness Mattersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yirih2dn0J"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/2014/10/citizen-of-the-cosmos.html">Citizen of the Cosmos</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/2014/10/citizen-of-the-cosmos.html/embed#?secret=Yirih2dn0J" width="600" height="338" title="“Citizen of the Cosmos” — Mindfulness Matters" data-secret="Yirih2dn0J" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I recently heard Ann Druyan interviewed on Radio Lab. She spoke of falling in love with Carl Sagan when they were working together on the Voyager mission in the late 70s, where she was in charge of developing the content that would be sent out into space for alien cultures to discover. It was a…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mindfulnessmatters/files/2014/10/Mt.-Abe1-300x225.jpg